God bless you all

[Theres-a]

Is this something new?Why did POTUS end his little birdflu talk with that?Does he always do that?

[expatriot]

1. fear. he is telling us that there is something to fear & we need blessed

[tanyev]

2. He heard us all sneezing?

It's the first symptom.

[calico1]

3. Achooo! n/t

[CornField]

4. They all do it

"God Bless America"

"God Bless You All"

"God Bless us all & God Bless America"

Must be the signal for the press to know that a politician is done speaking.

[Dunvegan]

5. Not sure I've heard that exact phrasing before.

"God bless America" certainly...and "God bless us all" perhaps.

But "God bless you all"?

That almost sounds like it's the populace that needs the blessing regarding this isssue...not W, et. al.

And I agree, the phrasing does contain (especially in the context of a speech regarding a possible deadly worldwide pandemic) as perhaps just another fear-mongering tactic from the administration.

"God bless you all" is quite a bit more discomforting than "God bless America" OR ""God bless us all."

[Theres-a]

6. It made me uncomfortable

I usually don't watch him,so I was surprised by the ending.

[CornField]

7. You all = Y'all

It's a southern-speak thing.

I agree in this particular context it could have been used intentionally -- both as fear-mongering and as another attempt to make Bush appear as the 'gold ol boy'.

[Nikki Stone 1]

8. Bush as Pontifex Maximus?

I bet he wants to wear a big bishop's hat.

:)

[acmejack]

10. He deserves to wear a condom as a hat.

It would be a lot more suitable than a Bishop's miter, IMO.

[mattomjoe]

9. Did he get ordained in one of those internets churchs?

:shrug:

[Double T]

11. Looks like bush is rolling out the Nukular Bird Flu Option.......

sorry your presidential phoniness, we are Not buying IT!!!!!

[No Exit]

12. He usually says "God bless you, and God bless Amurica."

AS IF he had the ear of God...

[bigscott]

14. was it

God bless y'all? :wtf:

sometimes texans educated at private New England prep schools and Yale and Harvard have a way of saying y'all instead of You All:shrug:

[No Exit]

15. Yeah--he's a phony "southerner".

To show you just how badly wingnuts' minds are dominated by the trivial (instead of by important issues such as the fraudulent war), that was one of the few times I managed to penetrate a (southern) wingnut's slavish devotion to *: I reminded her that he was a "damn yankee".

[Vickers]

13. Trying to sound like a Southern Christian, of which he is neither.

Hope this helps. :P

[TomInTib]

16. This is his coded way to let the "base" know that, in spite of..

everything, God still speaks thru him.
Meanwhile letting those in the room know that * is protecting them.

Personally, I always thought God's best work was channeled thru Stevie Ray Vaughan.